What you need to know about walk-in clinics August 27, 2014 Walk-in clinics are on the front lines of primary health care, and while they offer lower costs and…
Surgeons get ‘dress rehearsals’ with 3D-printed body parts August 27, 2014 Though doctors spend decades perfecting their crafts, they don’t exactly get dress rehearsals when…
Autism-antidepressant Link Questioned August 26, 2014 Study ties autism risk to mother’s illness, not prenatal medication use
Robotic prostate removal tied to surgical changes, costs August 26, 2014 The introduction of robotic surgery for prostate cancer may have led to changes in the number of…
Boston scientists develop analytics for stem cell engineering August 26, 2014 Scientists at Boston Children’s Hospital, the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering…
Ever wonder why older people sleep less? August 25, 2014 People in their 70s and beyond seem to need less sleep than they did when they were younger. New…
Normal worry, or hypochondria? August 25, 2014 Suzanne Koven, assistant professor of medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, authored this…
How do we treat early stage breast cancer? A new study revives the debate August 24, 2014 Daniel Kopans, professor of radiology at Massachusetts General Hospital, is interviewed about breast…
Hook-up culture at Harvard, Stanford wanes amid assault alarm August 23, 2014 Sex and relationships are always tricky terrains for college students. Those arriving this year are…
Cover the costs for kidney donors to increase the supply August 22, 2014 Should people in need of a kidney transplant be allowed to pay someone to donate one of theirs…
U.S. hospitals overdo Ebola plans, posing new risks: researchers August 22, 2014 Fear of Ebola is causing U.S. hospitals to take precautions that, paradoxically, might backfire…